A Party is recognised as a national party if any of the following conditions is fulfilled :
# If the party wins 2 % seats in the Lok Sabha from at least three different states.
#The party gets recognition as a state party in four states .
# At a general election to Lok Sabha or Legislative Assembly , the party secures 6 % of votes in any four or more states and in addition it wins four Lok Sabha seats.
National Parties in India
Bahujan Samaj Party [ BSP ] , Bharatiya Janata Party[ BJP ] , Communist Party of India [ Marxist ] [ CPI-M ] , Indian National Congress [ INC ] , National People’s Party [ NPP ] and Aam Aadmi Party [ AAP ]
Bharatiya Janata Party [ BJP ]
Indian National Congress [ INC ]
Bahujan Samaj Party [ BSP ]
Communist Party of India [ Marxist ][ CPI-M ]
National People’s Party[ NPP ]
Aam Aadmi Party [ AAP ]
Name
Abbreviation
Founding Date
Founder
Symbol
Bharatiya Janata Party
BJP
April 6, 1980
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Lotus
Indian National Congress
INC
December 28 , 1885
Allan Octavian Hume
Hand
Bahujan Samaj Party
BSP
April 14 , 1984
Kanshi Ram
Elephant
Communist Party of India [ Marxist ]
CPI-M
1964
Jyoti Basu , EMS Namboodiripad and Hare Krishna Konar
Brahmo Samaj [ Raja Ram Mohan Roy ] , Seva Sadan Society [ Ramabai Ranade ] , Dharma Sabha[ Radhakanta Deb ] , Atmiya Sabha[ Raja Ram Mohan Roy ] , Prathana Samaj [ Atmaram Pandurang ] , Arya Samaj [ Swami Dayanand Saraswati ] , Widow Remarriage Act [ Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ] , Dev Samaj[ Shiv Narayan Agnihotri ] , Young Bengal Movement[ Henry Louis Vivian Derozio ] , Theosophical Society[ Madam HP Blavatsky and Col HS Olcott ] , Ramakrishna Mission [ Swami Vivekananda ] , AryaMahila Samaj [ Pandita Ramabai ] , Aligarh Movement[ Sir Syed Ahmed Khan ] , Abhinav Bharat[ Veer Savarkar ] , Chipko Movement[ Sunderlal Bahugana ] , Narmada Bachao [ Medha Patkar ] , Servants of Indian Society[ Gopal Krishna Gokhale ] , Satyasodhak Samaj[ Jyotiba Phule ] ,Khudai Khidmatgar[ Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ] , Bhoodan Movement [ Vinobha Bhave ] , Tattvabodhini Sabha [ Debendranath Tagorre ] , Self Respect Movement[ EV Ramaswami Naicker ] , Paramahansa Mandali [ Dadoba Pandurang and Durgaram Mehtaji ] , Brahmo Samaj of India[ Keshab Chandra Sen ] , East India Association [ Dadabhai Naoroji ]
Q Who founded the Arya Mahila Samaj ?
Ans 1. Sarla Devi Chaudhurani
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. DK Karve
4. Pandita Ramabai
Q Who founded theIndia Leaguein 1875 ?
1 Licypriya Kangujam
2 Anand Mohan Bose
3 Sisir Kumar Ghosh
4 Dada Bhai Naoroji
Q Who initiated theChipko Movementin India ?
1 S.N. Bahuguna
2 Sundar Lal Bahuguna
3 Medha Patkar
4 Kailash Satyarthi
Q The Bombay Presidency Association was started by Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozshah Mehta and KT Telang in which of the following years?
1 1887
2 1885
3 1886
4 1888
Q A follower of Gokhale, Narayan Malhar Joshi founded the Social Service League in Bombay, in which of the following years?
1 1914
2 1913
3 1911
4 1912
Q In 1889, __ established the Mukti Mission, in Pune, a refuge for young widows who had been deserted and abused by their families.
1 Pandita Ramabai
2 Laxmi Sehgal
3 Sarojini Naidu
4 Kasturba Gandhi
Q Who among the following started the ‘Shuddhi Movement’to bring back converted Hindus to the main Hindu society?
1 Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar
2 Swami Sahjanand
3 Swami Dayanand
4 Swami Vivekanand
Q Syyed Ahmed Barelvi was the founder ofwhich Muslim Reform Movement?
1 Deoband movement
2 Ahmediya movement
3 Wahabi movement
4 Aligarh movement
Q Who among the following social reformers developed the modern Bengali Alphabet in British India?
1 Keshab Chandra Sen
2 Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
3 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
4 Rabindra Nath Tagore
Q Chembeti Sridharalu Naidu was a social reformer and was associated with which of the following organisations?
1 Veda Samaj
2 Arya Samaj
3 Brahmo Samaj
4 Paramahansa Mandali
Q Which of the following educational institute was established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy with the cooperation of David Hare in 1817 in Calcutta?
1 Vedanta College
2 Sanskrit College
3 Hindu College
4 Calcutta Madrasa
Q Sree Narayana Guru considered the differences based on caste and religion as meaningless and advocated the principle of‘One Caste, one Religion and one God’ for all. He belonged to which of the following organisations?
1 Veda Samaj
2 Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam
3 Brahmo Samaj
4 Arya Samaj
Q In the year 1904, who formed a secret organisation of revolutionaries named Abhinav Bharat?
1 Lala Har Dayal
2 Subhash Chandra Bose
3 Ajit Singh
4 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Q Which of the following social reformers is credited with the establishment of ‘Bharat Stree Mahamandal’ in 1910?
1 Sarojini Naidu
2 Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
3 Usha Mehta
4 Savitri Bai Phule
Q The ______________ is the headquarters ofRamakrishna Mission.
1 Ramakrishna Ashrama, Rajkot
2 Baranagar Math, Baranagore
3 Belur Math, West Bengal
4 Ramakrishna Kutir, Almora
Q Which of the following organisations has been INCORRECTLY paired with the year in
which it was founded?
1. Satyashodhak Samaj – 1873
2. Veda Samaj – 1864
3. Arya Samaj – 1875
4. Prarthana Samaj – 1885
Veda Samaj
1864
Prarthana Samaj
1867
Satyashodhak Samaj
1873
Arya Samaj
1875
Q Who was the founder ofNaujawan Bharat Sabha ?
1 Ajeet Singh
2 Bhagat Singh
3 Chandra Shekhar Azad
4 Lala Lajpat Rai
Q Who among the following founded the Widow Re-Marriage Association?
1 Pandit Vishnu Shastri
2 Keshab Chandra Sen
3 Swami Vivekananda
4 Raja Rammohan Roy
Q Which of the following institutes was founded by MG Ranade and GV Joshi ?
1 Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
3 Abhinav Bharat
3 The Indian National Congress
4 The Bombay Presidency Association
Q When was the Dev Samajfounded in Lahore by Shiv Narayan Agnihotri ?
11887
2 1892
3 1863
4 1876
Q Who among the following was the founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1925?
1 Deendayal Upadhyay
2 Keshav Baliram Hedgewar
3 Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar
4 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Q Who was the founder of the Widow Remarriage Association [ 1861 ] ?
1 RG Bhandarkar
2 Mahadev Govind Ranade
3 AtmaRam Pandurang
4 Raja Rammohan Roy
Q The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was established by MG RanadeandGV Joshi on :
1 2nd April 1870
2 2nd April 1869
3 2nd April 1871
4 2nd April 1872
Q The United India Patriotic Associationwas founded by whom?
1 Siafudeen Kichlu
2 Maulana Shibli Numani
3 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
4 Muhammad Ali
Q The Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha was established at _. by BR Ambedkar in 1924
1 Hyderabad
2 Delhi
3 Bombay
4 Nasik
Q Who led the Nyaya Yudh movementin Haryana ?
1 Chaudhary Devi Lal Singh
2 Om Prakash Chautala
3 Bhupendra Singh Hooda
4 Neeraj Sharma
Q Tattvabodhini Sabha was founded in __by Debendranath Tagore
1 1866
2 1822
3 1875
4 1839
Q Which of the following revolutionary societies was organised by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1904?
1 Anushilan Samiti
2 Bharat Naujawan Sabha
3 Jugantar Party
4 Abhinav Bharat Society
Q Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan also known as ‘Badshah Khan’ or ‘Frontier Gandhiji’ formed a non-government organisation named as:
1 Urdu Defence Association
2 Muslim League
3 Khudai Khidmatgar
4 Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
Q Swami Vivekananda established which of the following social organisations in 1897?
1 Arya Samaj
2 Prarthana Samaj
3 Paramhansa Sabha
4 Ramakrishna Mission
Q In the year _____ the Paramhansa Mandali was founded in Poona , Satara and other towns of Maharashtra .
1 1849
2 1809
3 1829
4 1839
Q Which of the following was established by Dr. Atma Ram Pandurang?
1 Parmahansa Mandali
2 Brahmo Samaj
3 Arya Samaj
4 Prarthana Samaj
Q Who among the following made the statement :”one caste , one religion , one god for humankind”?
1 Shri Narayana Guru
2 Guru Ghasidas
3 Haridas Thakur
4 Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Q In 1889 , ______ established the Mukti Mission , a refuge for young widows who had been deserted and abused by their families .
1 Pandita Ramabai
2 Anandibai Joshi
3 Rakhmabai Save
4 Ramabhai Ranade
Q In the year ____ the Paramhansa Mandaliwas founded in Poona , Satara and other towns of Maharashtra.
1 1849
2 1809
3 1828
4 1875
Q Who among the following founded the Harijan Sevak Sangh in 1932?
1 Maharshi VR Shinde
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 BR Ambedkar
4 Swami Vivekanand
Q In which of the following years was the Women’s Indian Association established in Madras [ Chennai ] ?
1 1917
2 1876
3 1873
4 1828
Q When was the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj of Calcutta founded ?
1 1878
2 1884
3 1989
4 1866
Q Where did the Tebhaga Movement, an indigenous peasant agitation , take place between 1946 and 1947 ?
1 Bengal
2 Maharashtra
3 Karnataka
4 Manipur
Q In which of the following states was the first conference ofSarvodaya Samaj held ?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Odisha
3 West Bengal
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Who among the following was the founder of the Virashaiva Movementin Karnataka ?
1 Basavanna
2 Appar
3 Sambandar
4 Sundarar
Q Which of the following villages is related to the ‘Bhoodan Movement’initiated by Vinobha Bhave ?
1 Pochampally
2 Hogenakkal
3 Amrapali
4 Kumbhari
Q In which year did Debendranath Tagore establish theTattvabodhini Sabha?
1 1839
2 1868
3 1828
4 1815
Q In which year was Satya Shodhak Samaj founded by Jyotirao Phule?
1. 1865
21873
3 1861
4 1870
Q Swadeshi Movement was known by which name in deltaic Andhra?
1 National movement
2 Freedom movement
3 Vande Matram movement
4 Anti-British movement
Q The Poona Sarvajanik Sabhawas established by MG Ranade in :
1 1870
2 1876
3 1873
4 1885
Q Surendranath Banerjee and Ananda Mohan Bose founded _____ in Bengal in 1876 ?
1 Bengal Association
2 Indian Association
3 Tathagat Association
4 Oriental Association
Q Dev Samajwas founded by Shiv Narayan Agnihotri in :
1 1887
2 1828
3 1875
4 1900
Q ‘Chipko Movement’ started from ____
1 Ghuttu
2 Reni
3 Jakholi
4 Jaunpur
Q Mitra Mela was a revolutionary organisation founded by Veer Savarkar in the year ____.
1 1900
2 1856
3 1873
4 1864
Q In which of the following years was Hindu Mahasabha , a ‘Hindu Sangathan’ founded in India as an organisation ?
1 1940
2 1935
31915
4 1957
Q The‘Bhoodan Movement’was initiated by:
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Vinoba Bhave
4 Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q Name the social reformer who was regarded as the ‘foundational philosopher of modern nursing’.
1. Mother Teresa
2 Sarojini Naidu
3 Kasturba Gandhi
4Florence Nightingale
Q The Indian National Association was established in 1876 by ____ in Calcutta .
1 Badruddin Tyabji
2 VK Chiplunkar
3 Anand Mohan Bose
4 Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Q In which of the following years was the All-India Harijan Sevak Sangh founded?
1. 1928
2 1942
3 1919
4 1932
Q Which of the following statements about Swami Dayanand Saraswati is INCORRECT?
1. His birthplace was Gujarat.
2 He authored the book ‘Satyarth Prakash’.
3 He was the founder of Brahmo Samaj.
4 He was the founder of Arya Samaj
Q The Veda Samaj in Madras was established in the year ?
1 1864
2 1876
3 1873
4 1885
Q Who was the founder of the Ramakrishna Mission?
1. Debendranath Tagore
2 Atmaram Pandurang
3 Swami Vivekananda
4 Swami Dayanand
Q In which of the following cities, Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in April 1875?
1 Calcutta
2 Bombay
3 Bangalore
4 Allahabad
Q When was the Indian Reform Association formed?
1. 1885
2 1870
3 1860
4 1865
Q Which one of the following Indians was one of the founders of Dartington Hall Japan ?
1 SC Bose
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Swami Vivekananda
4Rabindranath Tagore
Q The Aligarh Movementwas started by _____
1 Dr Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi
2 Muhammad Ali Jinnah
3 Maulana Manzoor Ahsan
4 Syed Ahmed Khan
Q When was the Muslim League founded?
1.1906
2 1905
3 1901
4 1903
Q Which Indian social activist and politician led the Self-Respect Movement or Dravidian Movement against Brahminism?
1. C Annadurai
2Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy
3 P Theagaraya Chetty
4 C Rajagopalachari
Q Mother Teresa , the founder of ‘Missionaries of Charity’ , was born on ___.
1 13th January 1912
2 26th August 1910
3 2nd February 1913
4 15th May 1907
Q The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association [ HSRA ] was formed in the year ____ with an aim to overthrow the British.
1 1928
2 1930
3 1922
4 1921
Q Mahatma Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress in the year ___
1 1894
2 1874
3 1854
4 1863
Q The Indian National Congress was established when 72 delegates from all over the country met at Bombay in December in the year __.
1. 1901
2 1885
3 1911
4 1896
Q Who succeeded Raja Ram Mohan Roy as the head of Brahmo Samaj?
1 Debendranath Tagore
2 Keshab Chandra Sen
3 Rabindranath Tagore
4 Dwarkanath Tagore
Q In which year was the‘Depressed Classes Association’established by BR Ambedkar?
1. 1927
2 1919
3 1930
4 1935
Q In which of the following years was theIndian Associationestablished?
1. 1903
2 1881
3 1876
4 1856
Q Who among the following organised the Harijan Sevak Sanghas a part of his constructive programme for the removal of untouchability?
1. Periyar EVR
4 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Narayana Guru
4 BR Ambedkar
Q Who founded the‘Bal Charkha Sangh’, where children were taught to spin and weave ?
1 Vinobha Bhave
2 Sarojini Naidu
3 Indira Gandhi
4 Mahatma Gandhi
Q Gopal Krishna Gokhale, who was regarded as the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi, founded the __ in 1905.
1 Servants of India Society
2 Poona Sarvojanik Sabha
3 The Bombay Association
4 Indian Association
Q Swami Vivekananda established Ramakrishna Missionin the year __.
1. 1876
2 1897
3 1899
4 1882
Q Identify the CORRECT matched pair of the founder and the social/socio-religious organisation founded.
1. Dayanand Saraswati – Brahmo Samaj
2 Raja Ram Mohan Ray – Arya Samaj
3 Rama Krishna Paramahansa – Ramakrishna Mission
4 Swami Vivekananda – Ramakrishna Mission
Arya Samaj [ 1875 ]
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Brahmo Samaj [ 1828 ]
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ramakrishna Mission [ 1897 ]
Swami Vivekananda
Q In which of the following places was the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) founded in 1928?
1. Amritsar
2 Karachi
3 Lahore
4 Delhi
Q Who was the viceroy of India when Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayananda Saraswati?
1 Lord Northbrook
2 Lord Curzon
3 Lord Lansdowne
4 Lord Dalhousie
Q Who among the following Indians set up the ‘Phoenix Institute’ in an African country?
1. Lala Lajpat Rai
2 Devendranath Tagore
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Dadabhai Noroji
Q Narayana Guru, one of the great social reformers of the 19th century, was born in the state of _.
1. Karnataka
2 West Bengal
3 Assam
4 Kerala
Q The movement of the local farmers of Bardoli in Gujarat against the British in 1928 was led by ____
1Vallabhbhai Patel
2 Lal Bahadur Shashtri
3 Lokmanya Tilak
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q Who founded Paramahansa Mandali?
1 Dayananda Saraswati
2 Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3 Raja Ram Mohan Roya
4 Dadoba Pandurang
Q Who among the following leaders was one of the founders of the ‘Oudh Kisan Sabha’ in 1920?
1. Rajendra Prasad
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Vallabhbhai Patel
Q Who among the following was the founder ofPrarthana Samaj?
1. MG Ranade
2 Atmaram Pandurang
3 Jyotiba Phule
4 RC Bhandarkar
Q In which of the following years was the Gadar Party formed in the US?
1. 1915
2 1924
3 1913
4 1919
Q Who chaired the Indian Independence League in 1942 to formally launch the Indian National Army?
1. Mohan Singh
2 Subhas Chandra Bose
3 Bipin Chandra Pal
4 Rash Behari Bose
Q The Satya Shodhak Samaj was founded by :
1Jyotiba Phule
2 Swami Dayanand Saraswati
3 Swami Vivekananda
4 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q Who among the following was the first General Secretary of All India Kisan Congress?
1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
2 NG Ranga
3 Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
4 Acharya Narendra Dev
The All India Kisan Congress was founded in 1936 with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati as the President and NG Ranga as the General Secretary
Q Who among the following was one of the leaders of the Santhal rebellion?
1 Sidhu Manjhi
2 BR Ambedkar
3 Surya Sen
4 Swami Vivekanand
Q In which of the following years did the revolt in the countryside of the Bombay Deccan occur?
1. 1875
2 1890
3 1790
4 1905
Q Who among the following laid the foundations of theIndian National Movement by founding the Indian Association at Calcutta in 1876?
1. Womesh Chandra Banerjee
2 Dadabhai Naoroji
3 Surendranath Banerjee
4 Aurobindo Ghose
Q Who among the following leaders was NOT a founding member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army?
1. Ajoy Ghosh
2 Jatin Das
3 Bhagat Singh
4 Badruddin Tyabji
Q Which of the following environmental movements/conflicts of India was directly related to the prevention of felling of trees?
1Chipko Movement
2 Tehri Dam Conflict
3 Narmada Bachao Andolan
4 Save Silent Valley Movement
Q Who among the following formed Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha for the welfare of the downtrodden?
1. Periyar EVR
2 Jyotirao Phule
3 BR Ambedkar
4 Narayana Guru
Q In the context of forest conservation, Navadanya Movement was founded in 1987 by __.
1. Medha Patkar
2 Vandana Shiva
3 Baba Amte
4 Pandurang Hegde
Q The Silent Valley Movement was started in 1973 in the state of:
1 Kerala
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Odisha
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q The __ movement was led by Chaudhary Devi Lal in 1987.
1. Maha Yudh
2 Insaaf Yudh
3 Nyaya Yudh
4 Sangharsh Yudh
Q Who among the following founded the organisation‘East India Association’?
1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2 George Yule
3 Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
4 Dadabhai Naoroji
Q In which of the following years was the Aligarh movement started by Syed Ahmed Khan?
1. 1890
2 1789
3 1909
4 1875
Q Who established the ‘Atmiya Sabha’a precursor organization in the socio-religious reforms in Bengal ?
1 Tulsidas
2 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3 Surdas
4 Kabirdas
Q Sadharan Brahmo Samaj was founded in Kolkata by ___
1 Atmaram Pandurang
2 MG Ranade
3 Anand Mohan Bose
4 NM Joshi
Q Who was the founder ofIndian Association ?
1 WC Banerjee
2 Surendra Nath Banerjee
3 Lala Lajpat Rai
4 Dadabhai Naoroji
The Indian Association was founded by Surendra Nath Banerjee and Anandamohna Bose in 1876
Q The India League was established in 1875 by :
1 Sisir Kumar Ghosh
2 AO Hume
3 WC Banerjee
4 Ras Behari Bose
Q Which of the following associations/organisations was founded by Jyotiba Phule?
1. Brahmo Samaj
2 Arya Samaj
3 Satyashodhak Samaj
4 Prarthana Samaj
Q In which year was the Home Rule Movement started?
1. 1917
21916
3 1915
4 1914
Q The Indian National Congress was founded in December 1885 at:
1. Lucknow
2 Calcutta
3 Delhi
4Bombay
Q Who among the following founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784?
1. Lord Cornwallis
2 William Jones
3 Warren Hastings
4 Jonathan Duncan
Q Who established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)?
1. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
2 Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
3 Sri Ramakrishna
4 Sri Chaitanya
Q The Natal Indian Congress was founded in 1894 in :
1 South Africa
2 India
3 England
4 Russia
Q Who among the following wrote the Brahmo Covenant, which was a statement of the creed of the Brahmo Samaj and made a list of the duties and obligations of its members?
1. Rammohan Roy
2 Debendranath Tagore
3 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
4 Keshab Chandra Sen
Q Lala Lajpat Rai, a nationalist from Punjab, was a member of the __.
1. Conservative group
2 Moderate group
3 Radical group
4 Republican group
Q Who among the following was the founder of Khudai Khidmatgar, a predominantly Pashtun nonviolent resistance movement known for its activism against the British Raj in colonial India?
1. Lala Lajpat Rai
2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
4 Subhash Chandra Bose
Q The ‘Tattvabodhini Sabha’ was established by ___ in 1839 .
1 Debendranath Tagore
2 Atmaram Pandurang
3 Radhakanta Dev
4 Dayanand Saraswati
Q Where the first headquarters of the Arya Samaj ?
1Lahore
2 Bombay
3 Calcutta
4 Nashik
Q Who among the following participated at the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago (USA) in September 1893?
1. Ramakrishna Paramahansa
2 Swami Vivekananda
3 Swami Dayanand
4 Periyar EV Ramaswamy
Q Who was the founder of the Satyashodhak Samaj in the 19th century?
1. BR Ambedkar
2 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
3 Swami Vivekananda
4Jyotiba Phule
Q In 1884 , Deccan Education Society was established by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Ganesh Agarkar in :
1Pune
2 Nagpur
3 Lucknow
4 Kerala
Q Who among the following social reformers founded an educational institution, Hindu Widows Home, in Poona in the year 1896?
1. Tatya TopePuli
2 Thevar
3 Dhondo Keshav Karve
4 Nanaji Deshmukh
Q In which of the following cities was the Veda Samaj established in 1864?
1. Calcutta (now Kolkata)
2 Calicut
3 Madras (now Chennai)
4 Bombay (now Mumbai)
Q Which of the following organisations was the earliest to be established, as compared with the other three during British rule?
1. Brahmo Samaj
2 Satya Shodhak Samaj
3 Prarthana Samaj
4 Parmahansa Mandali
Brahmo Samaj
1828
Parmahansa Mandali
1849
Prarthana Samaj
1867
Satya Shodhak Samaj
1873
Q Who wrote ‘Gita Rahasya’, which is a commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita, in the Mandalay jail of Myanmar?
1 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2 Subhas Chandra Bose
3 Aurobindo Ghosh
4 Lala Lajpat Rai
Q Who is the founder of ‘Seva Sadan Society’ ?
1Ramabai Ranade
2 Dayanand Saraswati
3 Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4 Aurobindo Ghosh
Q Who started the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784 ?
1 William Carey
2 William Wordsworth
3 William Jones
4 William Adam
Q When was the Akali movement start ?
1 1920
2 1925
3 1935
4 1930
Q Who founded Arya Women’s Society/Arya Mahila Samaj at Pune in 1882?
1 Tarabai Shinde
2 Pandita Ramabai Saraswati
3 Savitribai Phule
4 Fatima Sheikh
Q In which city was theNaujawan Sabha founded by Bhagat Singh in the year 1926?
Ans 1. Amritsar
2. Delhi
3. Lahore
4. Peshawar
Q The Vidhava Vivaha Uttejaka Mandal (Society for Encouragement of Widow Marriage) was established in __ in the second half of the nineteenth century.
1 Calcutta Presidency
2Bombay Presidency
3 the Central Provinces
4 the United Provinces
The Vidhava Vivaha Uttejaka Mandal (Society for Encouragement of Widow Marriage) was established in Bombay Presidency by Vishnushastri Pandit in 1866
Q Which of the following pairs of Indian revolutionaries and organisations is CORRECTLY paired?
1 M Veera Raghavachari – Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
2 Badruddin Tyabji – Bombay Presidency Association
3 Mahadev Govind Ranade – Madras Mahajana Sabha
4 Surendranath Banerjee – East India Association
Bombay Presidency Association [ 1885 ]
Pherozshah Mehta , KT Telang and Badruddin Tyabji
East Indian Association [ 1866 ]
Dadabhai Naoroji
Madras Mahajana Sabha [ 1884 ]
M Veeraraghavachariar , G Subramania Iyer and P Ananda Charlu
ICAR -National Research Centre for Banana[ Trichy , Tamil Nadu ] , ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute [ Karnal ] , ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute[ Shimla] , ICAR–Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research (IIOPR)[ Pedavegi , Andhra Pradesh ] , ICAR-Central Institute for Arid Horticulture[ Bikaner ] , ICAR- Central Institute of Cotton Research [ Nagpur ] , ICAR-National Rice Research Institute [ Cuttack ] , ICAR-Indian Institute ofSpiceResearch[ Kozhikode, Kerala ] , ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticulture Research[ Bengaluru ] , ICAR -National Research Centre for Grapes [ Pune ] , ICAR -National Research Centre forLitchi [ Muzaffarpur ] , National Research Centre on Rapeseed-Mustard [ Sewar , Bharatpur , Rajasthan ] , ICAR -National Research Centre for Pomogranate [ Solapur ] , ICAR -National Research Centre on Camel [ Bikaner ] , ICAR -National Research Centre on Equines[Hisar ] , ICAR -National Research Centre on Meat[ Hyderabad ] , ICAR -National Research Centre on Mithun[ Medziphema, Nagaland ] , ICAR -National Research Centre onOrchids [ Pakyong, Sikkim ] , ICAR -National Research Centre on Pig [ Guwahati ] , ICAR -National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology [ New Delhi ] , ICAR -National Research Centre on Seed Spices [ Ajmer ] , ICAR -National Research Centre onYak [ West Kameng ] , ICAR -National Research Centre forIntegrated Pest Management[ New Delhi ] , ICAR -National Research Centre on Intergrated Farming [ Motihari], Indian Lac Research Institute [Ranchi ] , National Sugar Research Institute [Kanpur ] , Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research [ Lucknow] , Sugarcane Breeding Institute [ Coimbatore ] , Central Tobacco Research Institute [ Rajahmundry] , Central Leather Research institute [ Chennai ] , Central Drug Research Institute [ Lucknow] , Raman Research Institute[ Bangalore] , National Tuberculosis Institute [Bangalore ] , National Institute of Nutrition [Hyderabad ] , National Brain Research Centre [ Manesar ] , National Botanical Research Institute : Lucknow, Indian Veterinary Research Institute [ Bareilly ] , Indian Institute of Soil Science [ Bhopal] , Indian Institute of Pulses Research [ Kanpur ] , Indian Diamond Institute [ Surat] , Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute [ Kolkata ] . Central Institute for Cotton Research [ Nagpur] , Central Institute of Indian Languages [Mysore ] and Tocklai Tea Research Institute [ Jorhat , Assam ]
Q Match the column
Institutions
Headquarters
A
ICAR-Central Institute for Arid Horticulture
Bikaner , Rajasthan
B
ICAR- Central Institute of Cotton Research
Nagpur
C
ICAR-National Rice Research Institute
Cuttack
D
ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticulture Research
Bengaluru
1 A-IV , B-III , C-II , D- I
2 A-I , B-II , C-IV , D-III
3 A-IV , B-III , C-I , D-II
4 A-I , B-II , C-III , D-IV
ICAR-Central Institute for Arid Horticulture [ Bikaner ] , ICAR- Central Institute of Cotton Research [ Nagpur ] , ICAR-National Rice Research Institute [ Cuttack ] , ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticulture Research [ Bengaluru ]
Q ICAR–Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research is located in:
1 Ambala
2 Karnal
3 Rohtak
4 Kurukshetra
Q The ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research is located in _.
1 Hyderabad
2 Bhopal
3 Jaipur
4 Nagpur
Q In which of the following cities is the head office of the Central Rice Research Institute located?
1 Cuttack
2 Amritsar
3 Gandhinagar
4 Karnal
Q Where is the ICAR-Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research [ IIOPR ] established ?
1 Odisha
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Kerala
Q Where is ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute [ CPRI ] located ?
1 Lucknow
2 Shimla
3 Cuttack
4 Karnal
Q Where is the ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana established?
1 Hajipur, Bihar
2 Belgaum, Karnataka
3 Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
4 Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Q In which of the following states is the National Research Centre on Rapeseed-Mustard located in India?
1. Haryana
2 Gujarat
3 Punjab
4 Rajasthan
Q National Dairy Research Institute is established at __
1 Karnal
2 Hisar
3 Anand
4 Jaipur
Q ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science is located at ____
1 Kanpur
2 Lucknow
3 Bhopal
4 Karnal
Q Indian Institute of Spices Research is located in ____
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Kerala
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Karnataka
Q National level centre for Mustard research is situated at :
1 Sewar
2 Tonk
3 Jaipur
4 Bassi
Q The headquarters of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics is located in _.
1 Shillong
2 Indore
3 Nainital
4 Bangalore
Q In which city is the Central Institute of Indian languages located ?
1 Mysuru
2 Bengaluru
3 Dharwad
4 Udupi
Q The National Diamond Institute is located at:
1 Surat
2 Gandhinagar
3 Cuttack
4 Shimla
Q The headquarters of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research [ ICAR ] is located at :
1 New Delhi
2 Bengaluru
3 Dehradun
4 Mumbai
Q Which of the following research institutes is located in Shimla ?
1 National Research Centre for Litchi [ NRCL ]
2 ICAR -Central Potato Research Institute
3 National Biodiversity Authority
4 Central Institute of Post Harvesting Engineering and Technology [ CIPHET ]
National Research Centre for Litchi [ NRCL ]
Muzaffarpur [Bihar ]
National Biodiversity Authority
Chennai [ Tamil Nadu ]
Central Potato Research Institute
Shimla [ Himachal Pradesh ]
Central Institute of Post Harvesting Engineering and Technology [ CIPHET ]
6th November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, which came into effect from 26th January 1950. We celebrate‘Samvidhan Divas’ on 26 November every year, to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India.
The First ever Republic Day parade was performed at Irwin Amphitheatre on 26 January 1950 . Sukarno [ The President of Indonesia ] was the first Chief Guest on the very first Republic Day parade of India .
Initially , Indian Constitution had395 Articles, 22 Partsand 8 Schedulesand 80,000 words [ Approx ]. At Present , Indian Constitution has 448 Articles , 25 Parts and12 Schedules
It took around 2 years , 11 months and 18 days to complete the Constitution
Parts
Subject
Articles
Part I
The Union and its territory
Art [ 1 – 4 ]
Part II
Citizenship
Art [ 5 – 11 ]
Part III
Fundamental Rights
Art [ 12 – 35 ]
Part IV
Directive Principles of State Policy
Art [ 36 – 51 ]
Part IV A
Fundamental Duties
Art 51 A
Part V
The Union
Art [ 52 – 151 ]
Part VI
The States
Art [ 152 – 237 ]
Part VII
The States in Part B of the First Schedule [ Repealed by 7th Amendment , 1956 ]
Art 238 [ Repealed ]
Part VIII
The Union Territories
Art [ 239 – 242 ]
Part IX
The Panchayats
Art [ 243 -243O ]
Part IX A
TheMuncipalities
Art [ 243P – 243ZP ]
Part IX B
Co-operative Societies
Art [ 243H – 243ZT ]
Part X
The Schedule and Tribal Areas
Art [ 244 -244A ]
Part XI
Relation between theUnion and the States
Art [ 245 – 263 ]
Part XII
Finance , Property , Contracts and Suits
Art [ 264 – 300A ]
Part XIII
Trade and Commerce within the territory of India
Art [ 301- 307 ]
Part XIV
Service under the Union and the States
Art [ 308 – 323 ]
Part XIV A
Tribunals
Art [ 323 – 323B ]
Part XV
Elections
Art [ 324 – 329A ]
Part XVI
Special Provisions related to certain classes
Art [ 330 – 342 ]
Part XVII
Official Language
Art [ 343 – 351 ]
Part XVIII
Emergency Provisions
Art [ 352 – 360 ]
Part XIX
Miscellaneous
Art [ 361 – 367 ]
Part XX
Amendment
Art 368
Part XXI
Temporary ,Transitional and Special Provisions
Art [ 369 – 392 ]
Part XXII
Short title , Commencement ,, Authoritative text in Hindu and repeals
Art [ 393-395 ]
List of 12 Schedules of Indian Constitution
First Schedule
Name of the States and Union Territories
Second Schedule
Salaries and Allowances
Third Schedule
Forms of Oaths or Affirmations
Fourth Schedule
Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha
Fifth Schedule
Administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes
Sixth Schedule
Administration of tribal areas in the states of Assam , Meghalaya , Tripura and Mizoram
Seventh Schedule
The Union List , The State List and The Concurrent List
Eight Schedule
22 Languages recognised by the Constitution
Ninth Schedule
It deals with the state Acts and Regulations with land reforms
Tenth Schedule
Provisions relating to disqualification of the members of Parliament and State Legislature on the ground of defection.
This schedule was added by the 52nd Amendment Act of 1985 , also known as Anti-Defection Law
Eleventh Schedule
Powers , authority and responsibilities of Panchayats. It has 29 matters.
This schedule was added by the 73 Amendment Act of 1992
Twelfth Schedule
Powers , authority and responsibilities of Muncipalities . It has 18 matters
This schedule was added by the 74th Amendment Act of 1992
Q How many member were there in the drafting committee of Indian Constitution ?
1 7
2 8
3 8
4 10
On 29 August , 1947 , the Constituent Assembly set up Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr BR Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution for India . The Drafting Committee has seven members
Q How many committees were set up by the Constituent Assembly for framing the Constitution?
1 20
2 22
3 24
4 26
Q As of December 1947, the Constituent Assembly that wrote the Constitution of India had _ members.
1 299 members
2 399 members
3 199 members
4 99 members
Q How many women representatives did the Constituent Assembly have?
1 15
2 17
3 19
4 21
Q Who was the Secretary of the Constituent Assembly?
1 HVR Iyengar
2 BN Rau
3 Prem Behari Narain Raizada
4 SN Mukherjee
Q From which of the following countries did India adopt the ‘procedure established by the law’?
1 The US
2 Brazil
3 Sri Lanka
4 Japan
Q The members of the Constituent Assembly signed the Constitution of India on __.
124 January 1950
2 26 November 1948
3 26 November 1949
4 24 January 1952
On 24 January 1950 ‘Constitution of India’ [ with 395 articles . 8 schedules and 22 parts ] was signed and accepted by all
Q How many fundamental rights and fundamental duties are prescribed in the Constitution of India?
1 Seven and eleven, respectively
2 Seven and ten, respectively
3Six and eleven, respectively
4 Eight and ten, respectively
Q When the first NO-CONFIDENCE motion moved against the cabinet in independent India ?
1 August 1963
2 July 1964
3 March 1966
4 November 1968
The first No-Confidence motion was moved during the third Lok Sabha in 1963 when Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister. It was moved by minister Acharya JB Kriplani
Q Who was the temporary president of the Constituent Assembly?
1 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
2 Dr Rajendra Prasad
3 Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha
4 KM Munshi
Q Which of the following schedules was added to the Constitution by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951?
1. Tenth
2 Seventh
3 Eighth
4Ninth
Q Which of the following schedules of the Constitution of India contains the format of oaths to be taken by different constitutional functionaries?
1 4th Schedule
2 5th Schedule
3 3rd Schedule
4 2nd Schedule
Q Which schedule of the Constitution of India deals with the allocation of seats in the Council of States?
1. Eighth
2 Fourth
3 Sixth
4 Fifth
Q Who described the preamble of Indian Constitution as the ‘Political horoscope of the Indian Constitution’?
1. NA Palkhiwala
2Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi
3 Thakurdas Bhargav
4 Bhimrao Ramji Ambedka
The preamble indicates that the source of constitution is ”we the people of India”. It has been also called ‘Political Horoscope of Indian Constitution’ [ by KM Munshi ] , Soul of the Constitution [ by Thakurdas Bhargav ] and identity card of the constitution [ by NA Palkhiwala ]
Q Who said that the preamble of Indian Constitution is ”the key note of the constitution” ?
1 Ernest Baker
2 KM Munshi
3 Thakurdas Bhargav
4 NA Palkhiwala
Q The idea of ‘Preamble’ in Indian Constitution is borrowed from which country ?
1 USA
2 Australia
3 Japan
4 Canada
Q The language and ideals of the Preamble is borrowed from which country ?
1 Australia
2 Japan
3 Ireland
4 Canada
Q Which Indian artist decorated the handwritten copy of IndianConstitution ?
1 Nandalal Bose
1 Prem Behari Narain Raizada
3 BN Rau
4 SN Mukherjee
Q The original Constitution of India was handwritten by ___
1 Prem Behari Narain Raizada
2 BN Rau
3 Nandalal Bose
4 SN Mukherjee
Q Which Hockey player was the member of the Constituent Assembly ?
1 Jaipal Singh Munda
2 Dhyan Chand
3 Kishan Lal
4 Balbir Singh
Q Who among the following was the Deputy Speaker of the first Lok Sabha?
1. AK Gopalan
2M Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
3 MN Kaul
4 Rabi Ray
First Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
First Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
M Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
First Dalit Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi
First Tribal Speaker of Lok Sabha
PA Sangma
First woman Speaker of Lok Sabha
Meira Kumar
Q When were elections to the Constituent Assembly held ?
1 July 1946
2 August 1945
3 November 1946
4 4 January 1945
Q Who among the following was the president of the Constituent Assembly?
1Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2 Jagjivan Ram
3 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q In which year did Motilal Nehru chair the committee to prepare the Constitution of India?
1 1944
2 1928
3 1934
4 1939
Q Who among the following was replaced by Lord Mountbatten as the Viceroy in 1947?
1. Lord Reading
2 Lord Irwin
3 Lord Wavell
4 Lord Linlithgow
Q Who among the following was one of the Congress leaders who drafted a Constitution for India in 1928?
1 Motilal Nehru
2 Jaipal Singh
3 Somnath Lahiri
4 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Q In the context of Interim Government [ 1946 ] , who was holding the portfolio of ‘Home Affairs Information and Broadcasting ?
1 Liaquat Ali Khan
2Vallabhbhai Patel
3 Agriculture and Food
4 Baldev Singh
Members of Interim Government [ 1946 ]
President of the Executive Council
Viscount Wavell [ till February 1947 ]
Lord Mountbatten [ From February 1947 —
Commander-in-Chief
Sir Claude Auchinleck
Vice-President of the Executive Council , External Affairs and Commonwealth relations
Jawaharlal Nehru
Home Affairs Information and Broadcasting
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Agriculture and Food
Rajendra Prasad
Commerce
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar [ Muslim League ]
Defence
Baldev Singh
Finance
Liaquat Ali Khan [ Muslim League ]
Education and Arts
C Rajagopalachari
Health
Ghazanfar Ali Khan [ Muslim League ]
Labour
Jagjivan Ram
Law
Jogendra Nath Mandal [ Muslim League ]
Railways and Communications Post and Air
Abdur Rab Nishtar
Work , Mines and Power
CH Bhabha
Q The Constituent Assembly which had been elected for the framing of the Constitution held its first meeting on:
1. 9 December 1947
2 9 December 1946
3 15 August 1947
4 15 December 1947
Q Which part of the Indian Constitution deals with the Directive Principles of State Policy?
1. Part 4
2 Part 2
3 Part 3
4 Part 5
Q Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts of the Indian Constitution facilitated the appointment of the same person as governor for two or more states?
1 7th
2 5th
3 8th
4 10th
Q The Preamble of the Constitution of India was amended by the __ Amendment Act.
1. 36th
2 103rd
3 61st
4 42nd
Q Which of the following is NOT a fundamental right under the 44th Amendment Act, 1978 of Indian constitution?
1 Right to property
2 Right to equality
3 Right against exploitation
4 Right to religion
Q. The ‘Single citizenship’ feature of the Constitution of India is borrowed from the Constitution of:
1. Ireland
2 Australia
3 France
4 Britain
Q Who among the following moved the historic ‘Objectives Resolution’ in the Constituent Assembly of India?
1. KM Munshi
2 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
3 Rajendra Prasad
4Jawaharlal Nehru
The ‘Objective Resolution’ moved by Jawaharlal Nehru in the first session of the Constituent Assembly on 13 December 1946 . The Resolution was unanimously adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22nd January 1947
Q Who among the following was elected as the Permanent Chairman of the Constituent Assembly in 1946?
1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
2 Dr. Rajendra Prasad
3 Jawahar Lal Nehru
4 Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q According to the Constitution , the use of English for official purposes was to stop in which year ?
1 1965
2 1956
3 1972
4 1948
Q On which day the Constituent Assembly of India had adopted Hindi, written in Devanagari script as one of the official languages of the Republic of India?
1 15th August
2 16th October
3 14th September
4 2nd October
Q Who among the following was one of the speakers after Jawaharlal Nehru to address the Parliament on the midnight of 15 August 1947?
1. Rajendra Prasad
2 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
3 C Rajagopalachari
4 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Q How many sessions of the Constituent Assembly were conducted for the formulation of Indian Constitution ?
1 12
2 11
3 13
4 10
Q Fifth Session of the Constituent Assembly held in :
1 9-23 December , 1946
2 20-25 January , 1947
3 14-30 August , 1947
4 6-17 October , 1949
First Session:
9-23 December, 1946
Second Session:
20-25 January, 1947
Third Session:
28 April – 2 May, 1947
Fourth Session:
14-31 July, 1947
Fifth Session:
14-30 August, 1947
Sixth Session:
27 January, 1948
Seventh Session:
4 November,1948 – 8 January, 1949
Eighth Session:
16 May – 16 June, 1949
Ninth Session:
30 July – 18 September, 1949
Tenth Session:
6-17 October, 1949
Eleventh Session:
14-26 November, 1949
Q As per the order issued by the Delimitation Commission in 2008, __ seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes in the Lok Sabha.
1.56
2 84
3 47
4 69
As per the order issued by the Delimitation Commission in 2008, 84 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 47 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha.
Q Who among the following is India’s first Minister of Industry and Supply?
1 Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
2 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
3 Abul Kalam Azad
4 Jagjivan Ram
Q Sikkim became an Indian state in the year :
1 1970
2 1974
3 1975
4 1972
Q Who was the President of India when Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in as Prime Minister?
1. Shankar Dayal Sharma
2 N Sanjiva Reddy
3 R Venkataraman
4 Giani Zail Singh
Q On the night of __ 1975, Indira Gandhi recommended the imposition of Emergency to president Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.
1. 1st June
2 22nd May
3 25th June
4 1st July
Q. As of 30th June 2024, the Preamble to the Indian Constitution was amended__.
1. twice
2 five times
2once
4 thrice
Q In 1946, who among the following was made the interim president of the Indian Constituent Assembly?
1. Sarojini Naidu
2Sachchidananda Sinha
3 S Subramaniya Iyer
4 Sachindranath Sanyal
Q The Constitution of India was amended for the first time in which year ?
1 1951
2 1954
3 1961
4 1960
Q Which of the following subjects is covered in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution of India?
1. Major forest produce
2 Health and sanitation
2 Large scale industries
4 Police and public order
The eleventh schedule of the constitution created by the 73rd Amendment contains 29 subjects on which the Panchayats shall have administrative control
Q The National Anthem of India, ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was first sung at the __ Session of the Indian National Congress.
1 Calcutta
2 Lahore
2 Belgaum
4 Tripuri
Q. __ was elected as President of the Indian National Congress in December 1929 at its annual session in the city of Lahore.
1Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Lal Bahadur Shastri
3 Subhas Chandra Bose
4 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q Of the 552 members of the Lok Sabha, __ members represent the states.
1.550
2 530
3 520
4 540
Q The abolition of Dyarchy in the provinces was recommended by the __.
1. Government of India Act of 1947
2 Government of India Act of 1858
3 Government of India Act of 1919
4Government of India Act of 1935
Q Which of the following states came into being as the 23rd, 24th and 25th states of the Indian Union in 1987?
1. Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh
2 Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan
3 Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya
4 Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa
Q As per the Constitution of India, the National Capital Territory of Delhi shall have a Council of Ministers consisting of not more than __ of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly.
1. 0.20
2 0.5
3 0.1
4 0.15
Q Which amendment of the Constitution of India increased the elective strength of the Lok Sabha from 525 to 545 members?
1 31st
2 37th
3 50th
4 45th
Q Seventy Fourth Amendment Act, 1992 of the Constitution of India is related to:
1. municipalities
2 citizenship
3 emergency provisions
4 the fundamental duties
Q The 73rd Amendment Act of 1992 gave constitutional recognition to the panchayats by adding a new part ________to the constitution.
1. X
2 XI
3 XII
4 IX
Q Which Amendment Act of the Constitution of India requires a State to minimise inequalities in income, status, facilities and opportunities as a Directive Principle of State Policy?
1.47th
2 42nd
344th
4 52nd
Q Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India directs the state to promote international peace and security?
1. Article 48
2 Article 40
3 Article 50
4 Article 51
Q As of December 1947, the Constituent Assembly that wrote the Constitution of India had _ members.
1. 230
2 275
3 245
4299
Q In which part of the Constitution of India is the manner of election of the President described?
1. Part VI
2 Part IV
3 Part VII
4Part V
Q Bicameralism was borrowed into the Constitution of India from which country?
1 The UK
2 Australia
3 Ireland
4 The US
Q Which Constitutional Amendment gave constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj Institutions?
1. 92ndAmendment Act, 2003
2 86th Amendment Act, 2002
3 73rd Amendment Act, 1992
4 71st Amendment Act, 1992
Q Fundamental Duties of citizens were added to the Constitution of India in the year __.
1 1967
2 1983
3 1976
4 1951
Q The procedure for the nomination of members to the Rajya Sabha in the Constitution of India is borrowed from which of the following countries’ constitution?
1 Russia
2 Germany
3 The US
4 Ireland
Q The Constitution of India adopted many institutional details and procedures from the:
1. Indian Partnership Act, 1932
2 Indian Companies Act, 1930
3 Government of India Act, 1935
4 Indian Registration Act, 1930
Q. In the Constituent Assembly of India, who among the following was the Chairperson of the Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee?
1. JB Kripalani
2 KM Munshi
3 Abul Kalam Azad
4 Vallabhbhai Patel
Name of the Committee
Chairman
Committee on the Rules of Procedure
Rajendra Prasad
Steering Committee
Rajendra Prasad
Finance and Staff Committee
Rajendra Prasad
Credential Committee
Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
House Committee
B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Order of Business Committee
K.M. Munsi
Ad hoc Committee on the National Flag
Rajendra Prasad
Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly
G.V. Mavalankar
States Committee
Jawaharlal Nehru
Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas
Vallabhbhai Patel
Minorities Sub-Committee
H.C. Mookherjee
Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee
J.B. Kripalani
North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam Exluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-Committee
Gopinath Bardoloi
Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Other than those in Assam) Sub-Committee
India has 15,106.7 Km of land border and a coastline of 7,516.6 Km including island territories.
Neighbouring Countries [ 9 ]
Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Nepal , Pakistan and Sri Lanka
India share its land borders with seven countries
Pakistan , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Nepal , China , Bangladesh and Myanmar
India share its sea borderwith two countries
Sri Lanka and Maldives
Land borderswithneighbouring countries
Bangladesh
4096 km [ longest ]
China
3488 km
Pakistan
3323 km
Nepal
1751 km
Myanmar
1643 km
Bhutan
699 km
Afghanistan
106 km [ shortest ]
Highest Points of Neighbouring countries
Afghanistan
Mount Noshaq
Bangladesh
Saka Haphong
Bhutan
Gangkhar Puensum
China
Mount Everest [ or Chomolungma ]
India
Kangchenjunga [ 8586 m ]
Myanmar
Hkakabo Razi
Sri Lanka
Pidurutalagala[ orMount Pedro ]
Pakistan
K2 [ Godwin Austen ]
Nepal
Mount Everest [ 8848.86 m ]
Calling code of Neighbouring countries
India
+ 91
China
+ 86
Bangladesh
+ 880
Pakistan
+ 92
Bhutan
+ 975
Nepal
+ 977
Sri Lanka
+ 94
Afghanistan
+ 93
Myanmar
+ 95
Maldives
+ 960
Area of Neighbouring countries
China
95,96,960 sq km.
India
3 , 287, 263 sq km
Bangladesh
1,47,570 sq km
Pakistan
7,96,095 sq km
Bhutan
38 ,394 sq km
Nepal
147 ,181 sq km
Sri Lanka
65 ,610 sq km
Afghanistan
652 ,860 sq km
Myanmar
676 ,578 sq km
Maldives
298 sq km
Neighbouring Countriesand their National Games
China
Table Tennis [ Ping Pong ]
India
Hockey
Bangladesh
Kabaddi
Pakistan
Hockey
Bhutan
Archery
Nepal
Volleyball
Sri Lanka
Volleyball
Afghanistan
Buzkashi
Myanmar
Chinlone
Maldives
Football
Afghanistan
Area
652 ,860 sq km
Capital
Kabul
Currency
Afghan Afghani
Calling Code
+ 93
National Game
Buzkashi
National Bird
Golden Eagle
National Animal
Snow Leopard
National Flower
Tulip
Land border with India
106 km
Province
34
Highest Peak
Mount Noshaq
Bhutan
Area
38 ,394 sq km
Capital
Thimphu
Currency
Ngultrum
Calling Code
+975
National Game
Archery
National Bird
Raven
National Animal
Takin
National Flower
Blue Poppy
Land border with India
699 km
Province
20
Highest Peak
Gangkhar Puensum
Bangaldesh
Area
1,47,570 sq km
Capital
Dhaka
Currency
Taka
Calling Code
+ 880
National Game
Kabaddi
National Animal
Royal Bengal Tiger
National Bird
Magpie Robin
National Flower
Shapla [ Water Lily ]
National Fruit
Jackfruit
Land border with India
4096.7 km
Province
8
Highest Peak
Saka Haphong
China
Area
95,96,960 sq km.
Capital
Beijing
Currency
Yuan
Calling Code
+ 86
National Sport
Table Tennis [ Ping Pong ]
National Bird
Red Crowned Crane
National Animal
Giant Panda
National Flower
Plum Blossom
Land border with India
3488 km
Province
26
Myanmar
Area
676 ,578 sq km
Capital
Naypyidaw
Currency
Burmese Kyat
Calling Code
+ 95
National Game
Chinlone
National Flower
Padauk
Land border with India
1643 km
Province
14
Highest Peak
Hkakabo Razi
Nepal
Area
147 ,181 sq km
Capital
Kathmandu
Currency
Nepalese rupee
Calling Code
+ 977
National Sport
Volleyball
National Bird
Himalayan Monal [ Impeyan Monal ]
National Animal
Cow
National Flower
Rhododendron
Land border with India
1751 km
Province
7
Highest Peak
Mount Everest
Pakistan
Area
7,96,095 sq km
Capital
Islamabad
Currency
Pakistani rupee
Calling Code
+ 92
National Game
Hockey
National Animal
Markhor
National Bird
Chukar
National Flower
Jasmine
Land border with India
3323 km
Province
4
Highest Point
K2 [ Godwin Austen ]
Sri Lanka
Area
65 ,610 sq km
Captial
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Currency
Sri Lankan rupee
Calling Code
+ 94
National Game
Volleyball
National Bird
Jungle Fowl
National Flower
Blue Water Lily [ Nil Mahanel ]
Province
9
Highest Point
Pidurutalagala[ orMount Pedro ]
Maldives
Area
298 sq km
Capital
Male
Currency
Maldivian Rufiyaa
Calling Code
+ 960
National Game
Football
Official Language
Dhivehi
Q In which year was the term ‘Gross Happiness Index’ coined by the fourth king of Bhutan , Jigme Singye Wangchuck ?
Ans 1972
Q Which is the national bird of Bhutan ?
Ans Raven
Q How many provinces is the country of Nepal divided into ?
Ans 7
Q The maximum strength of Bangladeshi Parliament is ____
Ans 350
Q In which year was a new Constitution adopted in Sri Lanka creating the ‘Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka’?
Ans 1978
Q In which year did Nepal abolish monarchy and emerge as a democratic republic?
Ans 2008
Q How many province are there in Sri Lanka ?
Ans 9
Q Burma became independent sovereign republic in the year ?
Ans 1948
Q How many members are present in the Sri Lanka parliament ?
Ans 225
Q Who was the first President of Pakistan ?
Ans Iskander Mirza
Q Kandyan is the classical dance of which country ?
1 Nepal
2 Bangladesh
3 Sri Lanka
4 Pakistan
Q Who was the first President of the Republic of China ?
Ans Yuan Shikai
Q Kazi Nazrul Islam is the national poet of which country ?
Ans Bangaldesh
Q Which is the national bird of China ?
Ans Red crowned Crane
Q Which is the national sport of Sri Lanka ?
Ans Volleyball
Q Chepu is a unique culture symbol of ____
Ans Nepal
Q Which is the national sport of Bangladesh ?
Ans Kabaddi
Q Which is the highest peak in Sri Lanka ?
Ans Mount Pedro
Q Which is the longest river of Nepal ?
Ans Karnali
.Q Which of the following countries has the highest peak named Keokradong?
Ans Bangladesh
Q Which is a group dance of the Nepali community in Sikkim.
Ans Maruni
Q On which of the following dates was the Bhutan Constitution enacted?
Ans18 July 2008
Q From which of the following neighbouring countries does Manas river enter directly into India?
Ans Bhutan
Q In which of the following years was Nepal’s new Constitution adopted?
Ans 2015
Q Which of the following is the first official language of Sri Lanka?
Ans Sinhala
Q What is the length of the Indian border with Afghanistan?
Ans 106 km
Q ‘Mahaweli Ganga’ is the longest river of __.
Ans Sri Lanka
Q Sri Lanka gained its independence on :
Ans 4th February 1948
Q In which year did Maldives turn from a Sultanate to a Presidential form of the government?
Ans 1968
Q A gold lion passant holding a sword in its right fore paw, is the national symbol of __.
Ans Sri Lanka
Q The National Anthem of Sri Lanka was composed by _____
Ans Ananda Samarkone
Q Which of the following is the first official language of Sri Lanka?
Ans 1. Sinhala
2. English
3. Malayalam
4. Tamil
Q How many states of India share border with Bhutan ?
14
2 5
3 4
4 3
Four Indian states share their borders with Bhutan
Assam , Arunachal Pradesh , West Bengal and Sikkim
Q India has ___Km of land lorder and a costline of 7,516.6 Km including island territories .
1 25,106.7
2 9,106.7
3 15,106.7
4 5,106
Q What is the total number of India’s neighbouring countries?
1. Twelve
2. Nine
3. Eight
4. Six
Neighbouring Countries [ 9 ]
Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Nepal , Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Q With how many countries does India share a sea border ?
1 2
2 1
3 4
4 3
India share its sea borderwith two countries
Sri Lanka and Maldives
Q How many countries share land boundaries with India ?
1 Five
2Seven
3 Six
4 Eight
India share its land borders with seven countries
Pakistan [ 3323 km ] , Afghanistan [ 106 km ] , Bhutan [ 699 km ] , Nepal [ 1751 km ] , China [ 3488 km ] , Bangladesh [ 4096 km ] and Myanmar [ 1643 km ]
Q How many states of India share border with Myanmar ?
1 3
2 4
3 5
4 2
Four Indian states share their borders with Myanmar
Arunachal Pradesh , Nagaland , Manipur and Mizoram